Roosevelt Middle School
International Baccalaureate Magnet
Site Governance Team
September 16, 2008
Present: Carmen Garcia, Mary Lewis, Bobbe Abts, Debbie Christensen, Arlene Spaniol, Lucinda Bernardino, Bev Rambicure, Stacy North, Allison Brown, Emma Ehrlich, Scott Lockwood, Trisha Chung, Jennifer Jay, Ava Gaughan, Jacqueline Vitzen.
The meeting was called to order @ 2:15. it was moved by Stacy North, seconded by Deb Christensen, that the minutes of May 20, 2008 be approved. All in favor.
New Business:
1. Nominate/elect new SGT co-chairs
Mary Lewis nominated Jennifer Jay and Emma Ehrlich to serve as co-chairs. There was a call for a vote - all in favor.
2. Review/revise/approve SGT By-Laws
As the members of SGT still need time to review the current By-Laws, Arlene Spaniol volunteered to get them on wikispaces for all to
look at with the following changes decided on at this meeting:
a. membership - 17 staff/teachers
b. 1 administrator
c. 2 students
d. 6 community members/parents
Roundtable:
Allison Brown - 6 to 6 is off to an awesome start this year; ASB will help promote clubs, sports teams, chorus, girls in science, etc.; extended day will begin 11/3 - looking for all the B, BB, and FBB students who could greatly benefit from the additional support after school; there is an abundance of teachers who want to participate in extended day so the kids have to come - it's a 20:1 ratio; teachers really need to promote this to students and parents.
Mary Lewis - SpEd - 60% of the IEP's are out to teachers; professional development will be coming in the future.
Lucinda Bernardino - EL's all have PE on A Day - again placed with all SpEd students - nothing against SpEd students, but Lucinda feels the EL's should experience some general ed students, too.
Scott Lockwood - the language arts department did not lose any teachers so it is much more stable than last year - a good thing.
Jennifer Jay - history scores are up; annual conference is in Houston; Moodle training on site for history teachers and anyone else interested will be 9/23; GATE trip this year is to NYC/DC - parent informational meeting will be 10/2 in the library @ 6 pm; trip will be in May; a Tupperware fundraiser will be held.
ASB students - the first dance of the year will be 9/30 - "Hollywood Nights" - teachers needed to help supervise.
Bev Rambicure - PE a bit concerned about what their class sizes will be when they are down to 4 teachers; PE will be holding their own lunch detentions for tardies and non-suits; Women in Sports Day is in January - more info. coming.
Bobbe Abts - 6th grade Camp will be January 20-23 - Tuesday through Friday - big news is that ALL 6th graders will be attending camp at the same time - yeah!!
Deb Christensen - mentioned lack of supplies - no graph paper, composition books, tablets, etc.; classes on task with the math modules.
Stacy North - 7th and 8th grade interventions classes are very low - more students are needed in the READ 180 classes - should be the BB and FBB students; schedules are changing because students who were eligible last Spring actually moved to proficient and basic on the CST.
Emma Ehrlich - asked aabout Connect Ed - how can teachers use it and could we get some training on it?
Trisha Chung - counseling still working on schedules - there will be more changes ahead especially with PE, math, and SpEd.
Arlene Spaniol - textbooks - all classes have been through and the books are in the hands of students - much smoother this year; asked that teachers really hold students accountable for the condition of books - very costly to replace each year.
Parking Lot:
We need to have a discussion about students being eligible to play sports - 2.0 GPA; yes or no on contracts this year?; last year Bev Rambicure was the Athletic Director and checked grades of students playing sports; where are we on this for this year?
International Baccalaureate Magnet
Site Governance Team
September 16, 2008
Present: Carmen Garcia, Mary Lewis, Bobbe Abts, Debbie Christensen, Arlene Spaniol, Lucinda Bernardino, Bev Rambicure, Stacy North, Allison Brown, Emma Ehrlich, Scott Lockwood, Trisha Chung, Jennifer Jay, Ava Gaughan, Jacqueline Vitzen.
The meeting was called to order @ 2:15. it was moved by Stacy North, seconded by Deb Christensen, that the minutes of May 20, 2008 be approved. All in favor.
New Business:
1. Nominate/elect new SGT co-chairs
Mary Lewis nominated Jennifer Jay and Emma Ehrlich to serve as co-chairs. There was a call for a vote - all in favor.
2. Review/revise/approve SGT By-Laws
As the members of SGT still need time to review the current By-Laws, Arlene Spaniol volunteered to get them on wikispaces for all to
look at with the following changes decided on at this meeting:
a. membership - 17 staff/teachers
b. 1 administrator
c. 2 students
d. 6 community members/parents
Roundtable:
Allison Brown - 6 to 6 is off to an awesome start this year; ASB will help promote clubs, sports teams, chorus, girls in science, etc.; extended day will begin 11/3 - looking for all the B, BB, and FBB students who could greatly benefit from the additional support after school; there is an abundance of teachers who want to participate in extended day so the kids have to come - it's a 20:1 ratio; teachers really need to promote this to students and parents.
Mary Lewis - SpEd - 60% of the IEP's are out to teachers; professional development will be coming in the future.
Lucinda Bernardino - EL's all have PE on A Day - again placed with all SpEd students - nothing against SpEd students, but Lucinda feels the EL's should experience some general ed students, too.
Scott Lockwood - the language arts department did not lose any teachers so it is much more stable than last year - a good thing.
Jennifer Jay - history scores are up; annual conference is in Houston; Moodle training on site for history teachers and anyone else interested will be 9/23; GATE trip this year is to NYC/DC - parent informational meeting will be 10/2 in the library @ 6 pm; trip will be in May; a Tupperware fundraiser will be held.
ASB students - the first dance of the year will be 9/30 - "Hollywood Nights" - teachers needed to help supervise.
Bev Rambicure - PE a bit concerned about what their class sizes will be when they are down to 4 teachers; PE will be holding their own lunch detentions for tardies and non-suits; Women in Sports Day is in January - more info. coming.
Bobbe Abts - 6th grade Camp will be January 20-23 - Tuesday through Friday - big news is that ALL 6th graders will be attending camp at the same time - yeah!!
Deb Christensen - mentioned lack of supplies - no graph paper, composition books, tablets, etc.; classes on task with the math modules.
Stacy North - 7th and 8th grade interventions classes are very low - more students are needed in the READ 180 classes - should be the BB and FBB students; schedules are changing because students who were eligible last Spring actually moved to proficient and basic on the CST.
Emma Ehrlich - asked aabout Connect Ed - how can teachers use it and could we get some training on it?
Trisha Chung - counseling still working on schedules - there will be more changes ahead especially with PE, math, and SpEd.
Arlene Spaniol - textbooks - all classes have been through and the books are in the hands of students - much smoother this year; asked that teachers really hold students accountable for the condition of books - very costly to replace each year.
Parking Lot:
We need to have a discussion about students being eligible to play sports - 2.0 GPA; yes or no on contracts this year?; last year Bev Rambicure was the Athletic Director and checked grades of students playing sports; where are we on this for this year?
The meeting was adjourned @ 3:45.
Respectfully submitted,
Bobbe Abts